Officials in Norway and the US said they were considering a deal for extra equipment and training for the Scandinavian country.

The US military said the deployment would “enhance the collective ability of our two forces to work together”.

Maxime Gourov, a spokesman for the Russian embassy in Oslo, responded to the announcement last Monday: “Taking into account multiple statements made by Norwegian officials about the absence of threat from Russia to Norway, we would like to understand why Norway is so much willing to increase its military potential, in particular through the stationing of American forces in Vaernes.”

Earlier this year the US revealed it was deploying equipment toCold War-era caves in Norway.

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”And the Oslo administration says the latest deployment should be treated as a temporary military exercise rather than an indefinite posting.” The author for some reason left out that the reason for this ”categorization”, is because the US troops are rotating and not the same troops.
From Russian point of view this looks like US is preparing to train thousands and thousands of commandos to warfare in Norway, although just 300 at a time. 300/two months equals 1800 a year and who is actually able to keep count how many stealth trained troopers are actually getting their arctic warfare training in Norway?
Akkurat! Thats Norway for ”I shitted my pants, but keep on gutting fish before giant crabs eat them all”.